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    Bush Invokes Vietnam, US Must Not Rush to Leave Iraq

    President Bush invoked some dark pages of American history today to support staying the course in Iraq.  Speaking to a veterans group in Kansas City, Missouri, Bush recalled the "millions of innocent citizens whose agonies would add to our vocabulary new terms like 'boat people,' 're-education camps,' and 'killing fields.'"Robert Dalleck is a…

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    President Bush invoked some dark pages of American history today to support staying the course in Iraq. Speaking to a veterans group in Kansas City, Missouri, Bush recalled the "millions of innocent citizens whose agonies would add to our vocabulary new terms like 'boat people,' 're-education camps,' and 'killing fields.'"Robert Dalleck is a professor of history at Boston University.

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    The US, Mexico and the War on Drugs
    1. 1:46Bush Invokes Vietnam, US Must Not Rush to Leave IraqYou’re reading this
    2. 7:41US to Fund Colombia-Style Counter-Narcotics Program in Mexico
    3. 43:00UFO Images on YouTube Have Believers, Skeptics Debating
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